From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alistair John Strachan Subject: Vista/rtl8139 broken? Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:31:14 +0100 Message-ID: <200708190031.14264.alistair@devzero.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Hi, I've been using ne2k with BSD/Linux/WindowsXP just fine with KVM-35/2.6.23-rc2, but when I try to run Vista, which doesn't support the ne2k any more, I tried switching to the rtl8139 emulation. I observed that the rtl8139 emulation works fine in WindowsXP, so it's not broken. But it does not seem to work in Vista (x86). The host is AMD64/SVM. The way that it doesn't work is that no packets are sent/received over the interface, so the device does not route. The only difference between XP and Vista's KVM startup is that for Vista I enable ACPI (necessary to install). WindowsXP --> kvm -no-reboot -localtime -no-acpi -m 256 -hda $IMAGE \ -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,script=/etc/kvm/kvm-ifup $* Vista --> kvm -no-reboot -localtime -m 512 -hda $IMAGE \ -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,script=/etc/kvm/kvm-ifup $* The problem seems to be similar to a QEMU endian bug from some time ago, but I don't think that's the problem here. It looks like it's some sort of incompatibility between Vista and the rtl8139 emulation. Any ideas? Does ACPI have anything to do with it? -- Cheers, Alistair. 137/1 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/